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Is mentir special when it comes to preterite?
I know that in the present tense, it's: El miente and Ellos mienten, but for preterite why is it El mintio and Ellos mintieron, instead of El mientio and Ellos mientieron?????
(Spanish BTW)
3 Answers
- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
It's almost a rule:
1.-Sentir- Sentí/sintió/sintió/sintieron/sentísteis/sintieron
Mentir-Mentí/mintiió/...
Pedir- Pedí/pidió/...
Medir- Medí/midió...
Requerir- Requerí/requirió/
Adquirir- Adquirí/adquirió/...
but sometimes, something strange happens:
2.-Decir- Dije/dijo...
Maldecir- Maldije/maldijo/...
Bendecir- Bendije/bendijo...
Predecir- Predije/predijo...
It's quite simple_ if the verb finished in "decir": it´s conjugated as "decir", otherwise as "mentir". These are called "paradigmas de verbos irregulares" (model verbs). If you know how to conjugate "mentir" and "decir", well you can conjugate them all...
- Anonymous7 years ago
It's one of those special verbs we all have to memorize that have stem changes. It's like preferir; prefirió. Oooooooooo and remember:***-IR verbs that have an irregular stem change in the present are the only ones to change into the preterite with an irregular stem. NO -ER OR -AR verbs.
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